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21 years
What are the symptoms of food poisoning and after how much time after eating would the symptoms start showing?
Aug 13, 2014

Dr. Zakia Dimassi Pediatrics
Food poisoning causes diffuse abdominal pain and tenderness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and maybe fever. The onset of symptoms depends on the kind of bacteria that infected the food. Some bacteria release a toxin, in which case the symptoms occur only few hours after the ingestion of the contaminated food. Treatment is with hydration, antibiotics, and pain killers or anti spasmodics (medications that decrease intestinal contractions to relieve abdominal pain).
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